sleeping sickness

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noun

an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926;
symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness
• Syn:
sleepy sickness, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis, encephalitis lethargica
• Hypernyms:
encephalitis, cephalitis, phrenitis